Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/180/1845/ff33-34v
Title
About delivery of bread to Patriarchate from Kerak at Dead sea
Date(s)
- 1900-05-04-1900-05-04 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 33-34v
Context area
Name of creator
(19th century - 1914)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Report; delivery of bread to Patriarchate from Kerak at Dead sea. According to Russian consul's advice Patriarchate bought 2 steamers, but can't obtain permit of local administration to use it, so long as, according to rumours, somebody in Constantinople wants to found a steamer company on Dead sea and Jordan. Cost of delivery by land and sea. Patriarchate could use it's steamers for delivering of soldiers, officials and merchandises for Porte, advantages for Russian pilgrims, transport; local administration. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: Russian ambassador in Constantinople I.A. Zinoviev.